Haley at JTEKT Automotive

Gov. Nikki Haley applauds during remarks by Noriya Murase, the president of JTEKT Automotive North America, during a celebration of a $100 million expansion of the company's plant in Greenville County on Wednesday.

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A construction worker walks past an excavator on the site where the new JTEKT Automotive will be built in Piedmont on Wednesday.

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Gov. Nikki Haley speaks with Katsuhiko Ishikawa, the president of JTEKT Automotive South Carolina, at a celebration of a $100 million expansion of the manufacturing facility in Greenville County on Wednesday.

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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley speaks during a celebration of a $100 million expansion of JTEKT Automotive in Greenville County in January. Haley is at the Anderson Civic Center today, announcing that Illinois-based McLaughlin Body Company is opening a plant in Anderson County, bringing 250 jobs to the area and a $22 million investment. (Independent Mail file photo)

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Gov. Nikki Haley speaks with Noriya Murase, the president of JTEKT Automotive North America, at a celebration of a $100 million expansion of the manufacturing facility in Greenville County on Wednesday.

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JTEKT Automotive will expand behind its existing plant in Piedmont.

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Gov. Nikki Haley listens to remarks by Katsuhiko Ishikawa, President of JTEKT Automotive's South Carolina division during a celebration of a $100 million expansion of the plant in Greenville County on Wednesday.

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Scott George, the project director for the JTEKT Automotive expansion, shows Gov. Nikki Haley plans for the new facility before leading her on a tour of the existing plant in Piedmont on Wednesday.

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Gov. Nikki Haley presents a gift to JTEKT executives Katsuhiko Ishikawa, left, and Noriya Murase, center, during a celebration of a $100 million expansion of the manufacturing facility in Greenville County on Wednesday.